Reed Hastings was under pressure to prove that his new strategy of producing original content would pay off and Carl Icahn was breathing down his neck after taking a big stake.
Or as has been pointed out about the Green Party plans, if you really want to create jobs in producing electricity, why not pay people to ride bikes linked to a dynamo?
Their mother, Liliana, had died of cancer, and they decided to pay homage to her by producing a winning wine and donating part of the proceeds to cancer research.